OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lycopodiella alopecuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lycopodiella alopecuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Lycopodiella alopecuroides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006:

Lycopodium alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Lycopodium alopecuroides

 

COMMON NAME:
Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss


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image of Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyal2_001_lvd

        

image of Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss

JK Marlow    jkm091017_117

October    Sumter County    SC

Manchester State Forest

Stems arching and rooting at tips, or procumbent and rooting throughout, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss

JK Marlow    jkm091017_123

October    Sumter County    SC

Manchester State Forest

Stroboli bushlike, on upright stalks arising from stem's upper surface, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Foxtail Clubmoss, Foxtail Bog-clubmoss

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1582024502230977

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodiella alopecuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodiella alopecuroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella alopecuroides

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006:
Lycopodium alopecuroides   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium alopecuroides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2647

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepages, wet pine flatwoods, wet prairies, bogs, ditches, and other wet, sandy sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Usually deciduous, sometimes somewhat evergreen
Simple - linear-subulate (all alike)
Leaves spreading to ascending

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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